Joe Bageant Quotes

• The four cornerstones of the American political psyche are 1) emotion substituted for thought, 2) fear, 3) ignorance and 4) propaganda

  Joe Bageant

  Ignorance, Political, Four

  Joe Bageant (2008). “Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War”, p.58, Broadway Books

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• Si los estadounidenses de clase media no se sienten amenazados por la lenta invasión del Estado policial o la Patriot Act, es porque viven con suficiente comodidad y ejercen sus libertades muy a la ligera, sin poner nunca a prueba los límites. Uno nunca sabe que está en una cárcel a menos que intente abrir la puerta.

  Joe Bageant

  Exercise, Doors, Class

  Joe Bageant (2008). “Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War”, p.173, Broadway Books

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• They [Christian rednecks] were so stupid that they couldn't pour piss out of a boot even if the instructions were printed on the bottom.

  Joe Bageant

  Christian, Stupid, Redneck

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• The reality is that our economy now consists of driving 250 million vehicles around the suburbs and malls and eating fried chicken. We don't manufacture much. We just burn up ever scarcer petroleum in the ever-expanding suburbs built with mortgage money lent to people who haven't a clue.

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  Reality, People, Driving

  Joe Bageant (2008). “Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War”, p.76, Broadway Books

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• Never experiencing the life of the mind scars entire families for generations.

  Joe Bageant

  Mind, Generations, Scar

  Joe Bageant (2008). “Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War”, p.13, Broadway Books

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• Cultural stupidity accounts for virtually every aspect of Sarah Palin, both as a person and a political icon. Which, come to think of it, may be a pretty good reason not to misunderstimate her.

  Joe Bageant

  Thinking, Icons, Stupidity

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• You never know you are in a prison unless you try the door

  Joe Bageant

  Doors, Trying, Prison

  Joe Bageant (2008). “Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War”, p.173, Broadway Books

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